Black is the Color

Informant/Performer:Betty SmithNC

But black is the co

lor-

of

Source:Betty SmithSongs Traditionally Sung in North CarolinaFolk-Legacy FSA 53

my true

love's hair.

His face is like

some ro

sy- fair.

The pret tiest- face

and the neat

est- hands.

Transcribed by Ivy Rawlins

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2. I love my love and well he knows, I love the ground whereon he goes. If you on earth no more I see, I can't serve you as you have me.

3. The winter's past and the leaves are green. The time is past that we have seen. And yet I hope the time will come When you and I shall be as one.

4. I'll go to the Clyde for to mourn and weep, But satisfied I never could sleep. I'll write to you in a few short lines, I'll suffer death ten thousand times.

5. My own true love so fare thee well, The time has passed and I wish you well. And yet I hope the time will come When you and I shall be as one.

6. I love my love and well he knows I love the ground whereon he goes. The prettiest face and the neatest hands. I love the ground whereon he stands.

love the ground

Background InformationAbout the psaltery: The psaltery is an ancient instrument, generally believed to have originated in the east - Persia or India. Surely, it is the ten-string instrument mentioned in the Bible. Essentially the same instrument as the hammered dulcimer, it is the forerunner of the keyboard instruments, but plucked like the harpsichord, only with the fingers.

With psaltery accompaniment

where on

- he stands.

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